Legal Characterization of the Offence of Forging a Legal Instrument; Pursuant to the Provisions of the Jordanian Criminal Judicature

This study addresses the rulings of the Jordanian Supreme Court regarding the Legal characterization of the forgery of legal instruments, with comments on such rulings. This is aimed to address a main challenge of the difficulty to distinguish between the felony forgery and the misdemeanour forging false affidavits, when forgery occurs to a legal instrument, especially that such a case is not addressed under the provisions of the Jordanian penal code. Keywords: legal description; forgery; Jordanian Court of Cassation; legal instrument; forgery felony; misdemeanour of forging a false affidavit.